January 12
O Living Temple!
Through Thee have We gathered together all created things, whether in
the heavens or on the earth, and called them to account for that which We had
covenanted with them before the foundation of the world. And lo, but for a few radiant faces and
eloquent tongues, We found most of the people dumbfounded, their eyes staring
up in fear. From the former We brought
forth the creation of all that hath been and all that shall be. These are they whose countenances God hath
graciously turned away from the face of the unbelievers, and whom He hath
sheltered beneath the shadow of the Tree of His own Being; they upon whose
hearts He hath bestowed the gift of peace and tranquillity, and whom He hath
strengthened and assisted through the hosts of the seen and the unseen. (Baha’u’llah,
Súriy-i-Haykal, ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
